"A sure-fire winner." PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Flame Bennett was a successful advertising executive, who owed part of her success to her mentor Malcolm Powell. Powell wanted more than just thanks, but Flame had fallen for brash and powerful real-estate mogul Chance Stuart. He wanted Flame at any cost, but his lover, opera diva, Lucianna Colton, was determined that he would never have her. But without their knowing it, the fate of Flame and Chance had been sealed by the past,and a century-old legacy of greed, adultery and murder, would reach out its hand from the grave to ensare them both....

Flame Morgan, the high‑class VP of a San Francisco ad agency, is instantly attracted to Chance Stuart, a wealthy, powerful land developer. Chance romances her lavishly but withholds a damaging secret during their whirlwind courtship and quick marriage. Starting with the Oklahoma land rush, there has been bad blood between the Stuart and Morgan clans, but Chance has long desired Morgan’s Walk, a family estate that Flame has inherited. Flame believes that Chance only married her to get at Morgan’s Walk and blocks his land grab. The story throbs with Dailey’s legendary mix of mystery, revenge, jet‑set action, and red‑hot sex—not to mention her tried-and-true formula for down‑home color and sweet romance.